sudo-discuss March 2014

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Call for Facilitators / Participants in a sudo Men's Group

by Matthew Senate

Hey all, I wanted to reach out for some feedback. Seeking folks who would want to facilitate or participate in a men's group. I've previously participated in small groups like this and found them beneficial for various reasons. I would like to see if folks have had similar or different experiences. The way I'm thinking about this would culminate in something like a regular meeting for men in the sudo room community to discuss relevant issues including those of identity, oppression, privilege, patriarchy, gender, sexuality, stereotypes, safe space, and mutual support. This may not be the best or even a viable path to approach these topics, but I wanted to throw it out there to see if there is any interest. Thanks, Matt

4 years, 3 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] Tiny houses made for homeless in West Oak

by Mark Perlin

Fantastic example of making a difference! I wonder, how many tiny homes a community can build together in one weekend? http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_24869274/oakland-artist-turns-t… > > Message: 10 > Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 18:01:18 -0800 > From: Vicky Knox <vknoxsironi(a)gmail.com> > To: Sudo Room discuss <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org> > Subject: [sudo-discuss] > Tiny houses made for homeless in West Oak by > artist! > Message-ID: > < > CAPwEF4rkTw+Of5-Z9+oLkGJeGvTMOqtB0xJtYmEBtFefv3jXPw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > People. 8| Do any of you know more about this person? > > > http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_24869274/oakland-artist-turns-t… > >

9 years, 1 month

Re: [sudo-discuss] Breaking: Oakland to lead country in, diverting anti-terror funding to ubiquitous warrantless surveillance

by Shawn Lesniak

On 2013-10-13 22:49, sudo-discuss-request(a)lists.sudoroom.org wrote: > Lastly, shot-spotters shouldn't be controversial, even among those of us > who support the personal rights interpretation of the 2nd Amendment. A > gunshot on a city street means one of two things: a criminal has just > shot a victim, or a criminal's would-be victim has just shot their > attacker in self-defense. Either of those things merits getting the > police and paramedics on the scene, pronto. Shotspotters are microphones. They can capture other sounds and it is not clear how many other sounds and how long those sounds are retained. Their use would be less controversial if they were an oracle that just spit out 4 .40 caliber rounds were fired at the intersection of Grand and Broadway at 23:12:32 (15 seconds ago) instead of capturing any audio at all.

9 years, 5 months

Friday Filosophy: Software as Speech

by Eddan Katz

Dear Kopimists and the People who Love Them. For the featured Filo delicacy for Friday Filosophy, we will have potato burekas. I propose we talk about the difference between source code, object code, and executable code in regards to 1st Amendment protection. In other words, when is code speech and when is it a speech-act subject to less legal protection? Below is an excerpt from an essay by Lee Tien, a brilliant EFF attorney for more than a decade, on Software as Speech (2000). These two paragraphs are in the section: Viruses and other "dangerous" software. Of course, as always, we can talk about whatever else. Such as conscience and the unconscionable, perhaps. Lee Tien, Publishing Software as a Speech Act, Vol. 15 Berkeley Tech. Law Journal (2000) http://www.law.berkeley.edu/journals/btlj/articles/vol15/tien/tien.html > Let’s return to the virus hypothetical.192 The main concern lies in the fact that the software may be “diverted” toward unlawful purposes, regardless of the speaker’s intent. This concern is, however, not unique to software. It also applies to other types of information usable for mischief or harassment, whether highly technical like information about nuclear weapons, or utterly mundane like a person’s name, address or telephone number. > Even if the virus author merely posts the source code and fails to release it in active form, the issue remains whether the posting was done with an intent to communicate. If the author claims that she intended it to communicate, we would need to examine the context to decide the plausibility of that claim. There will often be a plausible claim. There is no question that people study viruses and other dangerous software in order to prevent or relieve harm.193 One way to control a virus is to publish its source code so that systems operators can disable or protect against it. Communicating a virus’ source code as part of such an effort qualifies as a speech act because the publisher intends to communicate how the virus works in a conventional way. In fact, one could imagine entire journals or Internet sites devoted to viruses and other dangerous software.194 When such publications aim to alert the world to these dangers, their intent is clearly communicative. sent from eddan.com

9 years, 5 months

blog post: troy visits RPS Collective down the street

by Romy Ilano

new blog post > Troy our librarian visited RPS Collective. we chatted about potentially selling our electronics kits + other stuff at RPS Collective retail space. - There's a potential for us to sell stuff at their next art show, which will be a full retail show in the whole space. Lots of potential for exposure since they are the first storefront at First Friday Plus they have collaborated with us before! https://sudoroom.org/sudoroom-connects-with-rock-paper-scissors-down-the-st… [image: SudoRoom Librarian Troy visits SudoRoom]<https://sudoroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Photo-Nov-02-1-33-01-PM1.jpg> SudoRoom Librarian Troy visits SudoRoom Troy, the SudoRoom librarian, visits our neighbors The Rock Paper Scissors Collective <http://www.rpscollective.com/>down the street. The RPS Collective was one of the worker’s collectives that helped start the Oakland Art Murmur. Here he checks out the zine library and is already coming up with ideas for different community projects. A recent SudoRoom collaboration involved SudoRoom donating Linux computers to RPS Collective in exchange for a beautiful sign painting. It’s pretty cool seeing the different volunteer-run collectives creating and helping each other out! [image: RPS Collective interns draw temporary tattoos on people for the Oakland Art Murmur]<https://sudoroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Photo-Nov-01-8-06-59-PM1.jpg> RPS Collective interns draw temporary tattoos on people for the Oakland Art Murmur [image: Terrarium Project at RPS Collective - so many happy people]<https://sudoroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Photo-Nov-02-1-33-43-PM-11.…> Terrarium Project at RPS Collective – so many happy people

9 years, 7 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] membership reboot?

by Yar

On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 9:39 AM, eddan.com <eddan(a)sudoroom.tv> wrote: > While I agree with concerns about top-down ownership, I think it is important to recognize their success in regards to diversity. Both in terms of who works there during the day and the kind of events they hold, I have been impressed by how connected the place is to the community - at any point in time you'll see a majority of people of color and more often more women than men That was not my experience, but I've only been to one of their handful of events (Oakland Data Day). I heard mixed reviews of their other events and can't comment on them. I could never afford the price of being there during the day, so I wouldn't know. I am refreshingly surprised that you care about this, Eddan. I think all Sudoers need to look critically at our work from an intersectional feminist, anti-racist and anti-colonial frame. That especially includes being accountable to our privileges and learning to replace oppressive silencing behavior with ally behavior. How's that Sudo men's group going, btw? > both areas in which Sudo Room has struggled with since its inception. To be clear, it is women, people of color, queers and other oppressed groups who have struggled to be supported and represented at Sudoroom. I feel like saying the organization has struggled is a rhetorical erasure that adds to this problem. There are actually a lot of us, but we face a structural bias. > Additionally, I think there may be some misunderstanding about what having an open knowledge, commons-oriented set of agreements. The logic of open knowledge systems is to celebrate the spread of these norms as they become more widely adopted - concern about 'copying and pasting' seem to perpetuate an exclusive rights kind of thinking. Pretty sure Hol was being tongue-in-cheek. As I said in reply at the meeting, "it's more of a ctrl-x"

10 years

Russian bathhouse SudoRoom Bonding Experience

by Romy Ilano

Hi, My broken ankle is healing. When the time comes I will soon shed my walking boot, and in return for all that SudoRoom has given to me I would like to organize the first: *Russian bathhouse SudoRoom Bonding Experience* Praveen has discovered a suitable Russian bathhouse in San Francisco. Is anyone interested? I think a safe environment in which we can all be *naked* and talk about important things like powerpoint slides, arduinos, cooperatives, DAC, and feminist porn amid half-naked 50 year old russian men pouring steaming water on themselves grunting is *TOTALLY AWESOME.* ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

10 years

Who facilitates 'Today We Learned'?

by David Keenan

Hi Sudoers! Just wondering who bottomlines Today We Learned - - On 4/19, Nadia from the EFF wants to have a mass (legal) defense training for the NLG, at 3pm in the Common Space..: https://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/national-lawyers-guild-mass-defense-101-tr… "Training for attorneys and legal workers to learn about how to provide legal support for protestors. Focus on taking criminal defense cases and working with legal support. CLE will be available. Free, although donations to NLG gladly accepted!!" I see this overlaps with the 'Today We Learned' which nominally runs from 2-3:45 that day in the common space. In case Nadia can't move the talks back to 4pm - would it be at all possible for NLG/EFF to take over the common space at 3pm that day, and 'Today We Learned' to perhaps move into Sudo Room, or the BAPS room? Or, would that be totally lame? Best, David ps. I un-backwards'd the duration of Today We Learned on the calendar from 3:45-2pm, to 2pm-3:45pm.

10 years

Fwd: Star Elevator Bills

by Matthew Senate

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Laurie Cooperman Rosen <Lscoop(a)comcast.net> Date: Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 2:49 PM Subject: Star Elevator Bills To: melissadmack(a)gmail.com, mattsenate(a)gmail.com, eddan(a)eddan.com Hi Melissa, Matt & Eddan- Attached are the bills I promised you to Star Elevator for your records that we had to pay due to the large amount of usage of the elevator not related to our monthly invoice from them. Laurie

10 years

Fwd: Quilted's Hiring a Drupal developer

by Danny Spitzberg

FYI, this announcement also FYI, Quilted is a bonafide cooperative ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Quilted <hiring(a)quilted.coop> Date: Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 9:59 AM Subject: Quilted's Hiring! To: danny(a)cofed.org Quilted is seeking somebody to fill a full-time owner-track position at our worker co-op. Please forward to those in your network who may be interested. [image: Quilted]<http://quilted.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=c502d3b39d30a5286b1abb8f9…> <http://quilted.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c502d3b39d30a5286b1abb8f9&…> Hi there, We're excited to let you know that Quilted is hiring! You're getting this email because you've been in touch with us over the past few years, we value the wisdom and strength of our network, and we want your help in growing our worker-owned cooperative. If you don't want to get anymore emails from us, just unsubscribe<http://quilted.us5.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=c502d3b39d30a5286b1abb8f9&…> . Quilted Timeline This position has a flexible start date, ideally mid-June to early-July. We are accepting applications on a rolling basis. Who are we? Quilted is a worker-owned, cooperatively-managed company stitching together technology and social change. We take on work that challenges us to be more critical and insightful designers, engineers, and thinkers while remaining pragmatic and focused on adding real social value to our projects. Most of our projects are websites built with the Drupal content management framework. We provide services in visual design, user experience, content messaging, Drupal custom module development and theming, HTML/CSS, and strategic web consulting. Why are we hiring? We're excited for someone to join our Berkeley office full-time and contribute to our team working for our nonprofit, cooperative, and social justice clients. In Quilted, everyone wears a lot of hats, but we are hiring for someone whose primary role is: *developer for Drupal projects*. Who are we looking for? You are someone who values collaboration and hard work. You are flexible, curious, accepting, but also willing to engage directly about what isn't working for you. You want to dig in: get familiar with the dynamics of our small business, develop our democratic business model, and participate in consensus decision-making and financial planning. Most importantly, you're interested in becoming co-owner and joining us long-term. We're looking for you to be a collaborator, to dream up crazy things with us, push us, and share your whole self with us. We're going to fight about stuff, but we'll laugh about it afterwards. The most important thing to us is finding someone who is a good fit temperamentally and culturally and who is in alignment with our organizational goals. We're open to hiring someone with a mix of experience, but we expect any developer joining our team to: - Have enough experience with Drupal 7 to be able to complete a site as the only person on the project developing/site building and theming - Be fluent in HTML, CSS, and JS - Be fluent enough in PHP to write basic Drupal modules and work with ours - Be fluent enough on the command line to use drush, manage databases, use ruby gems, use git, and manage remote servers - Have experience with or open to working using an agile deveploment process We're also looking for the following: - Someone with experience working in co-operatives and practicing collective decision making - Someone who is extremely self-aware - Someone with a clear understanding of power, privilege, and oppression along various dimensions (ex: race, gender, class, ability, citizenship, etc) We hate how most job calls don't tell you all sorts of things. Heads up: Sadly, our office is up a flight of stairs and has no elevator access. Applicants must: - Be fluent in English - Be comfortable communicating with clients over email, conference calls, and Skype - Able to learn Quilted's note taking practices - Have a cellphone (iPhone preferred because we have iPhones and our systems work with them well) - Be available and accessible over the phone/video when shit hits the fan Don't worry if you don't totally fit our description. Send in an application and convince us why we should hire you anyway. Why should you apply? We do awesome work for awesome people. You get fair pay and great benefits. Quilted provides a salary of $45,000 annually. Our benefits include Anthem Blue Cross PPO health insurance, vision insurance, dental insurance, and mental health reimbursements. We get 21 paid holidays per calendar year plus sick days and PTO. A Mac laptop will be provided for work. 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